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166 ANTIQUITIES IN THE MUSEUM AT PALERMO.
The collection of Graevius above mentioned usually forms a part of his
great work, Thesaurus Antiquitatum Graecarum et Eomanarum. This
compilation contains Cluverius, Sicilia Antiqua; Mongitore, Eegni
Siciliae Delineatio; Pazelli, De Rebus Siculis Decades duae; Falcando,
De Rebus gestis in Siciliae regno historia ; Paruta, Sicilia Numismatica
ed. Havercamp. "Vol. viii includes more than 200 plates of coins—
Greek, Roman, Carthaginian, Gothic, Saracen, Norman, and modern,
ending with Charles III. and Viceroys. The old writers edited by
Graevius must be read in a critical spirit, and their errors corrected witli
the aid of more recent investigations.
Torremuzza published 23 separate works, the most important of which
relate to coins and antiquities ; a complete list of them will be found at
the end of his Siciliae Veteres Inscriptiones ; the series extends from 1749
to 1784.
Mr. Dennis's Handbook is a mine of Archaeological information, and
quite indispensable to the student; but as a traveller's guide it has
become in some respects obsolete; for this purpose Gsell-Iels was
specially recommended to me by Professor Salinas.
The Christian Sarcophagus described by M. Le Blant in the Revue
Archeol. was found in the catacombs of Syracuse. Cavaliere Arezzo di
Targia, director of the Museum in that city, informed me that he could
not altogether agree with M. Le Blant's attributions.